PhatBot Trojan Spreading Rapidly On Windows PCs

prostoalex writes "The Washington Post alerts Windows users about a new peer-to-peer backdoor client that is installed maliciously on broadband-connected computers around Asia and the United States. The client is then used for distributed DOS attacks and sending out large amounts of spam. Phatbot, according to government sources, is installed on hundreds of thousands machines already. Phatbot snoops for passwords on infected computers and tries to disable firewall and antivirus software, albeit it is detectable by antivirus packages." An anonymous reader submits a link to this description of the beast.

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Re:Happened to a friend

[DR SoB]

And seeing as you threw the "there" vs "their" debate in, let's beat you up for a while..

a. I have no idea what PRON is.

2. Bouncebacks is not a word, it's 2.

3. Learn how to create proper paragraphs.

4. "oh I dunno" isn't a sentence, and if it was, you are supposed to capitolize the first letter.

5. "While you're explaining things" isn't a complete sentence.

6. Don't write "..." so much, it's the equivilant of writing "ummmm" and "ahhhhh" noises, and it makes you look dumb.

Bottom line is, don't pick on someones spelling/grammar mistakes unless you know how to construct proper sentences yourself, YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD.